Provisions
XI.17 proposed for 1916 • Commissioners, terms of office, etc.
REJECTED
The Text
Commissioners of the state board of charities and commissioners of the state commission in lunacy, now holding office, shall be continued in office for the term for which they were appointed, respectively, unless the legislature shall otherwise provide. The legislature may confer upon the commissions and upon the board mentioned in the foregoing sections any additional powers that are not inconsistent with other provisions of the constitution.
A Few Facts
• Has 67 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article XI: Corporations; municipal debts; boards and commissions
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-VIII.15
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